Safety pocket



Feb. 2 1926.

A. B. LESSER SAFETY POCKET Filed Jan. 15

a, mydtx Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

ABRAHAM B. LESSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY POCKET.

Application filed January 15, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM B. Lnssnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. haveinvented new and useful Iniprovenients in Safety .lockets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to safety pockets fon wearing apparel and anobject of'the invention is to provide a pocket, within the ordinarypocket of a garment for containing valuables and to so construct thesaid.

safety pocket as to prevent the loss of valuables by picking or themalicious removal of the valuables therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to provide a safety pocket which isof practical construction and may be embodied in garments at acomparatively small expense, and further to construct a safety pocket soas to permit free and easy access to the interior thereof by the ownerwhen desired.

A- further object of this invention is to provide a closure flap for thesafety pocket which is arranged to permit the placing in and removalfrom the ordinary pocket of articles without in any way interfering withthe closure flap of the safety pocket, and also to so arrange the safetyflap that it will not attract attention to itself and the safety pocket.I

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription and in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating a side and hip pocket in position in apair of trousers.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a side pocket constructed in accordance withthis invention and showing the closing flap in open position. v

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a hip pocket constructed in accordance withthis invention showing the safety flap in a partly open and Serial No.437,467.

by the numeral 1 while the usual side pocket is indicated by the numeral2, it being understood that these pockets are made in the usual approvedmanner, of relatively strong fabric and connected, by stitching, in theusual approved manner to the fabric of which the trousers or article ofclothing A is made.

The hip pocket structure comprises the safety pocket within the usualpocket -1 which safety pocket is formed by the piece of fabric 3stitched around its side and inner edge as indicated at 4 by thestitching which reinforces and connects the parts of the ordinarypocket 1. The upper edge of the piece of fabric 8, which forms thesafety pocket, is doubled back upon itself as at 5 and is hemmed as at 6by the stitching 7 which forms the hem and also serves to attach thefolded over reinforcing portions 5 to the mainbody of the piece offabric 3. The upper folded over edge of the safetypocket-forming pieceof fabric 3 is free from connection with the pocket 1 and forms themouth for the safety pocket, which mouth is positioned inwardly of themouth 8 of the pocket 1. As shown at 9 in Fig. 3 of the drawing, theside edges of the fabric 3, at their portions adjacent the upper edge ofthe fabric, are not stitched to the pocket 1 by the stitching 4 andthese edges are cut at an angle extending inwardly towards the free edgeof the piece of fabric 3 to permit spreading of the mouth of the safetypocket to allow free ingress or egress from the safety pocket andprevent the forming of a relatively tight mouth, such as would be formedif the side dges were stitched their entire length to the pocket.

A closing flap 10 is stitched to the inner side of the pocket 1 and ispreferably formed of the same material as that of which the trousers orarticle of apparel A is formed, the flap extends from the line ofstitching 11 where the fabric of the garment is stitched to the back ofthe ordinary pocket 1 giving the outward appearance of the usualdecorating piece of fabric which extends into all pockets to hide thefabric of which the pocket is made, as this fabric is usually ofdifferent color and texture than the fabric of which the wearing apparelis made.

The closing flap 10 has its ends cut at an angle as shown at 12 tofacilitate fastening and unfastening of the flap and also insertion ofthe flap into the ordinary pocket 1,

however it will be noted by referring to the right hand side of Fig. ofthe drawing that the closing flap 10 overlaps the upper corners of theupper portions of the piece of fabric Fasteners 13 of any approved type,such as snap fasteners, button and button hole, or the like are carriedby the flap 10 and piece of fabric 3 for fastening the lap 16 in asafety-p0cket-closing sosition. The fasteners 18 are arranged inwardlyof the ends of the flap and in proper spaced relation to each other andthe center of the flap so that when they are fastened the flap cannot beraised sufliciently to permit the insertion of an article into thepocket or the withdrawal. of an article therefrom.

The construction of the side pocket is similar to the construction ofthe hip pocket, the safety side pocket being formed of two pieces offabric stitched together and to the pocket 2 along its upper, lower andinner edges while the forward edge of one piece of the fabric formingthe safety pocket is also stitched to the pocket 2 leaving the forwardedge of the other piece of fabric forming the safety pocket free fromconnection to the pocket 2. The upper end of the free edge 1.6 of thepocket 15 is cut at an angle as shown at 17 so as to permit spreading ofthe mouth ofthe safety pocket sufficiently to allow the free insertioninto or removal from the safety pocket of desired articles and theforward or outer free edge of the fabric 15 of which the safety sidepocket is formed curves outwardly towards the forward edge of theordinary side pocket 2 as shown at 18 in Fig. 2 of the drawing, at itslower end so as to prevent small articles, such as coins from fallingout of the pocket. The closure flap 19 of the side pocket structure isstitched to the inner surface of the rear piece of fabric of which thepocket 2 is formed at its forward edge and overlaps the forward foldedover edge portion 20 of the fabric 15, as clearly shown in Fig. lof thedrawing. The upper end of the iiap 15) is formed to overlap the majorportion of the angled corner 17 of the fabric 15 to prevent the contentsof-the safety pocket from falling therefrom in case the trousers orarticle of apparel is turned upside down. The fastening structure 21,which may be of any approved type, such as snap fasteners, button andbuttonhole, or the like, is placed intermediate the ends of the closingflap 19 so as to prevent opening of the closing flap suflicient topermit the in sertion into or withdrawal from the safety pocket ofarticles, without unfastening the fasteners 21.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be apparent that safety pockets for articles of wearingapparel have been devised which are practical in construction andconsequently can be manufactured economially, which safety pockets willprevent picking of the wearers pockets or the ma licio-us removal oftheir contents as well as prevent the loss of small change, purses orvaluable articles when the trousers are hung up on trouser hangers orupside down and, while in the foregoing description and drawing thepockets are disclosed as used in nien s trousers it is to be understoodthat the said safety pockets may be employed in womens coats, skirts,mens coats, or in fact y place where it is desired to provide safetypockets, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

it is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except asset forth in the claim hereunto ap-. pended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a garment, the combination with a pocket, of a safety pocket therein,having its mouth opening inwardly of the mouth of the first namedpocket, said safety pocket and first named pocket being of equal widthand the side and inner edges of said safety pocket being stitched to'the garment by stitching of the said first named pocket, the side edgesof the safety pocket at the mouth thereof being cut a an angle whichextends inwardly from the sewed edges to the free edge whereby to formfree edges permitting spreading movement ofthe mouth of the safetypocket when in use, a closing flap within said first named pocket toforn'i a closure for the mouth of thesafety pocket, said closure flaphaving its edges at an angle and overlapping the free edge of the safetypocket and means for detachably connecting said flap to the body of thesafety pocket. u 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature;

ABRAHAM l3. LESSER.

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